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Faced with Ye Chen and Lin Wanli's questions, Lin Ningxue pursed her red lips and spoke solemnly.

"Senior brother, something terrible has happened..."

"The man in black you injured last night... he is... Cao Hu, an inner disciple and the sect leader's most beloved disciple..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanli, who was standing to the side, was immediately stunned...

"What?!"

"He...he's Cao Hu?"

"It's over...this time we're doomed..."

......

Lin Wanli turned pale with fright and his heart raced...

Few things could make him panic like this, but the current situation was far too complicated...

If it were any other disciple who had hit him, the sect wouldn't have bothered with such a trivial matter...

However, the Cao Hu that Lin Ningxue mentioned was no ordinary person...

He is a prodigy of his sect, the sect leader's true disciple, with the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage; his future is limitless...

When someone like that is inexplicably rendered useless, things are not so simple...

The sect leader will definitely be furious and investigate thoroughly; sooner or later, suspicion will fall on them. It's impossible not to be nervous...

Lin Wanli's relaxed mood suddenly tightened again...

"The sect leader's true disciple?"

"No wonder he was so arrogant..."

Ye Chen, who was standing to the side, suddenly realized.

Last night, seeing the man in black act so arrogantly and recklessly, he guessed that the man's identity was not simple; besides being an inner disciple, he must also be a personal disciple...

I just never expected that the other party would be a true disciple of the Qingyun Sect Master...

This status is comparable to that of a sect's young master, so it should not be underestimated.

Ye Chen came to his senses and looked at Lin Wanli, who was in shock, and couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Calm down, Lao Lin..."

"Relax, don't be so tense..."

"So what if he's the sect leader's true disciple? He's the one who provoked us; sparing his life is already lenient enough..."

"Besides, surely the sect leader wouldn't cause such chaos in the sect over this matter?"

......

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Wanli came back to his senses, still worried. He looked up at Ye Chen in front of him and said with a bitter face.

"Senior brother, you have no idea how important Cao Hu is..."

"The sect leader might actually dig three feet into the ground for him..."

Although Lin Wanli often secluded himself for cultivation, he had still heard of the sect's prodigies...

Ye Chen paused for a moment, met Lin Wanli's gaze, and hesitated.

"Um...how many true disciples does our sect leader have?"

In his view, even if a true disciple held a high position, they were not irreplaceable. If one was crippled, others would step in, and after a while, the sect leader would forget about it...

Lin Wanli seemed to have seen through Ye Chen's thoughts and said with a wry smile.

"Senior brother, the sect leader only has one true disciple... it's this Cao Hu..."

"Rumor has it that the sect leader intends to groom Cao Hu as his successor..."

"Do you think the sect leader will go mad after he finds out about this?"

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Upon hearing this, Ye Chen paused, then fell into deep thought...

If what Lin Wanli said is true, then the sect leader of Qingyun Sect will indeed be driven mad by the pursuit of the real culprit...

After all, anyone would be furious to the point of madness if their carefully cultivated successor was crippled...

This suddenly put them in a very dangerous situation...

"This is my fault..."

Ye Chen sighed, looking regretful, and said, "I should have killed that kid last night and disposed of the body..."

Lin Wanli: ? ? ?

Lin Ningxue: ? ? ?

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli were stunned, staring at Ye Chen in disbelief as if he were a madman...

They had just thought Ye Chen was blaming himself for going too far last night and crippling Cao Hu, and were about to say a few words of comfort, but who knew that Ye Chen was actually regretting not killing the other party.

This is...

After learning that the other party was the sect leader's true disciple, he still thought of destroying the body and covering up the evidence?

That's incredibly bold...

"Senior brother... what are you doing..."

Lin Ningxue opened her mouth, but the words caught in her throat, and she couldn't speak. She was utterly shocked and remained speechless for a long time...

Lin Wanli, who was standing to the side, snapped out of his daze and looked at Ye Chen with a wry smile.

"Senior brother, you're really brave..."

"Didn't you consider that if we killed Cao Hu, wouldn't the sect leader go even crazier?"

Meeting the gazes cast by Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli, Ye Chen said dismissively.

"What's the big deal..."

"After killing someone and destroying the evidence, the victim might not even know it happened..."

"Besides, once we've silenced them, there's no need to worry about leaving any clues, so there's even less reason to worry..."

......

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli were both stunned...

Upon careful consideration, the two realized that Ye Chen's words made some sense. If they disposed of the body, it wouldn't be discovered, and perhaps the matter would be forgotten...

However, killing a true disciple is not something an ordinary person would dare to do...

Since things had come to this point, there was no point in saying anything now, and Ye Chen didn't care.

Although he didn't kill the other party, he at least crippled their limbs and rendered Cao Hu unable to speak, thus preventing him from providing any valuable clues for the time being...

Seeing Lin Ningxue and Lin Wanli's worried expressions, Ye Chen couldn't help but offer words of comfort.

"Don't rush... I'll talk to you at the Enforcement Hall tomorrow..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue, who was unaware of the situation, immediately became nervous and looked at Ye Chen in front of her with an anxious expression.

"Senior brother, what are you doing at the Enforcement Hall?"

"Please, don't go walking into a trap..."

"This matter is not as simple as you think. If the sect leader finds out, it won't just be expulsion from the sect; he will definitely take your senior brother's life..."

"The sect doesn't have any leads yet, Senior Brother, don't go and throw your life away..."

......

Lin Ningxue thought Ye Chen was going to the Hall of Law Enforcement to confess, and she became extremely anxious...

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen glanced at her and couldn't help but laugh.

"Who said I was going to my death?"

"this..."

Lin Ningxue paused for a moment, looking at Ye Chen with a hesitant expression.

"Senior brother...what are you going to do at the Enforcement Hall?"

She still looked confused.

Wouldn't going to the Enforcement Hall without any reason seem even more suspicious?

If I were to try and gather information, I would immediately arouse suspicion...

What's the difference between this and "protesting too much"?

Has my senior brother gone mad?

Meeting Lin Ningxue's gaze, Ye Chen smiled at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Of course we're going to enforce the law... why would we go and get ourselves killed?"

Lin Ningxue: ? ? ?

"what?"

Lin Ningxue looked completely bewildered, not understanding what Ye Chen meant by that...

What kind of law enforcement?